Minerva Scientifica Transforming Science into Music
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After a year of successful performances including The Science Museum and King’s College London. Theatrical Virtuosa Frances M Lynch returns to The Edinburgh festival Fringe with electric voice theatre and a fresh and inspiring programme Superwomen of Science – Minerva Scientifica at Valvona & Crolla Venue 67. (Famous Cafe and Spectacular Italian Deli)
Frances sings spectacular stories, highlighting outstanding achievements by female scientists (including two native Scots) whose pioneering work has transformed all our lives.
Mary Somerville’s prisms of light Caroline Herschel and flying telescopes Ada Lovelace computing with cards Jocelyn Bell-Burnell pulsing with stars Anne McLaren engineering human eggs Eva Crane buzzing with bees and Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming sweeping the sky
with music ancient: – George Frideric Handel, Hildegard von Bingen
and modern, specially commissioned from some of the UK’s leading female composers:- Kate Whitley Cheryl Frances-Hoad Lynne Plowman Shirley J Thompson Frances M Lynch and Karen Wimhurst (Cauld Blast Orchestra)
Venue: Valvona & Crolla Venue 67, 19 Elm Row, Edinburgh, EH7 4AA
Date Time
Aug 6 20:30
Aug 8, 9, 10, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26 15:30
Aug 14, 21, 22, 28 13:00
Aug 27 17:45
Box Office: 0131 556 7800 Online Booking: http://goo.gl/7Tuqro
Tickets: £10.00 (£8.00) 1 hour
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